Player Profiles
Full Name: Karina Rai Garlington Major: Sports Management Club Team: Front Range Parents: Randy and Tina Garlington Siblings: Sister Christie I chose KU because:
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Career Honors Team... A Arkansas All2009: Academic All-Big 12 First Team... MTSU All-Tournament T k Tournament T Team. 2008: ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic All-District… Tourna Academic All-Big 12 First Team… AVCA National Player of the Week (Nov. 11)… Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 10)… Cowgirl Classic All-Tournament Team… Jayhawk Invite All-Tournament Team… VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team. 2009: Junior Season Started 22 of 29 matches at outside hitter... An Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree... Named to the MTSU All-Tournament Team after pacing the Jayhawks with 2.91 kps and adding four service aces... Also selected to the Arkansas All-Tournament Team for leading KU with 3.67 kps in three victories... Second on the team and eighth in the Big 12 averaging 3.31 kps during the season... Led the Jayhawks in kills 12 times... Recorded 10 or more kills 15 times, including a season-high mark of 28 versus Oklahoma on Sept. 23, one shy of her career tally... Also made 79 total attempts against the Sooners, which was the most by a KU player since 2001... Collected 20 kills in KU’s home opener versus Lipscomb on Sept. 4 and again at Missouri on Sept. 16... Served three aces versus Xavier on Aug. 29... Recorded five games with a .400-plus hitting percentage, including a season-best .481 attack percentage on 15 kills versus Missouri on Oct. 24... Followed that performance with 10 kills on a .429 clip versus UMKC on Oct. 27... Blocked a season high four total balls and added a team-high 19 kills in the team’s upset over No. 21 Baylor on Nov. 14. 2008: Sophomore Season Started all 29 matches and appeared in all 110 sets, becoming Kansas’ most consistent offensive threat… Selected ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic All-District and Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Led the team with the program’s ninth-best single season average of 3.66 kps, which also ranked fifth in the Big 12… Also served a teamhigh 33 aces and ranked sixth in the Big 12 with 0.30 aces per set… Her 403 kills on the year were one shy of cracking the top 10 of KU’s single-season records… Paced the Jayhawks in kills in 21 matches and posted five double-doubles… Had six matches of 20 or more kills… Earned KU’s second AVCA National Player of the Week accolade
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